Hello my loves! The reviews are a bit spaced out right now, and it’s likely to stay that way for a few months. I’m getting close to both the end of the year, and the date by which I need… Read More ›
nonfiction review
Cyber Strategy: The Evolving Character of Power and Coercion, Brandon Valeriano Benjamin Jensen & Ryan C. Maness
Hello my lovely nerds! This is another more academic review today, being as how at least a few of you have seen me curse about and struggle with this book on my Instagram for the last several weeks. And the… Read More ›
The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis, Richards J. Heuer, Jr.
What’s this? Nonfiction, you say?! I honestly did not actually intend to post fiction reviews for weeks at a time, but this is where we ended up. So, to break up that streak (and also prove I do actually read things… Read More ›
The Language of Flowers: A treasury of traditional meanings
Hello my loves! This is a bit of a different book for me, isn’t it?? The Language of Flowers. For those who may be unaware, last year I finally got around to reading A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. The story… Read More ›
The Practical Stylist (6th Edition), Sheridan Baker
Hello my lovely nerds! This week’s review is more closely aligned with my work reading than my leisure reading, but I figured there would be writers among the readers that may find this valuable. Also, you know: students. The Practical… Read More ›
Greatest Mysteries of the Unexplained, Lucy Doncaster and Andrew Holland
Hello my lovely nerds! I’m going to be honest with you, Greatest Mysteries of the Unexplained was an impulse buy and mostly because I thought it would be worth a laugh! And it was, so it was money well spent…. Read More ›
I Am Spock, Leonard Nimoy
Hello my loves! This was a recent find of mine, a bit of buried treasure in a local second-hand store that I was more than willing to rescue! While I was never a huge fan of Star Trek TOS or… Read More ›
His Finest Hour: A Brief Life of Winston Churchill, Christopher Catherwood
What’s up my lovely nerds? The book review I have here today is for an awesome wee bio of one of my favourite politicians: His Finest Hour – A Brief Life of Winston Churchill by Christopher Catherwood. Brilliantly, I did… Read More ›
Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future, Mary Robinson
Hello my lovelies, I’m back! It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted a book review and I am sorry for that, but PhD requirements and both academic and work commitments crept up on me: something had to give!… Read More ›
Dispatches from Planet 3: Thirty-Two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond, Marcia Bartusiak
“To the stars, Bowen. To the stars.” Ok, that isn’t a quote from Dispatches from Planet 3, it’s actually a quote from a film called Dragonheart (which is amazing and you should watch it), but I thought it suited the… Read More ›